LSU coach Les Miles said the Tigers answered their needs with a class of 25 signees, but others were saying more. The Tigers were receiving plaudits as having no worse than the nation's No. 2 recruiting haul, and they were No. 1 in some books.

At this time of year, playoff contenders tend to play with one eye on the field and the other on the scoreboard. "You wouldn't be human if you weren't scoreboard watching," Milwaukee Brewers shortstop J.J. Hardy says.

Foolish is foolish. Hurtful is hurtful. Racist is racist. Should the offender's batting average make a difference? Or his race? Or the fact it's on page 227 of GQ? No. So where is the outrage over Gary Sheffield? He has decided on the reason for the flood of Latin baseball players into the major leagues. It's because they're more ... manageable.

Alabama is unbeaten and suddenly thinking about SEC and national championships. But the fifth-ranked Crimson Tide also seek revenge on No. 18 Tennessee and its coach, Phillip Fulmer, whom many Tide fans blame for the school's fall into NCAA probation.

The chant started with about 50 seconds left in Saturday's game and might have been heard all the way to Tuscaloosa and beyond. "We want 'Bama!" the Auburn fans bellowed as the clock ticked down on one of the Tigers' biggest victories in years, a 24-6 stomping of then-No. 5 Georgia. "We want 'Bama!" the chant grew louder.